Mantra 40

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बधिरो भविष्यसीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

badhiró bhaviṣyásī́ty énām ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

“Deaf shalt thou become”: thus he addresses him.

Word by Word

• बधिरः: deaf
• बधिरः: कर्तृ (भविष्यसि इत्यस्य कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बधिर (प्रातिपदिक)

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: (अकर्मक) — कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• इति: thus / ‘…’
• इति: — (उक्तिवाचक/उद्धरण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म (आह इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्-प्रयोग

• आह: said
• आह: कर्तृ (वक्ता—अप्रकटः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु) / ब्रू (अर्थे ‘कथने’) — परम्परया ‘आह’ इति रूपम्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 11.3)

Devata: Śāpa/Abhicāra (the efficacious power of speech); implicitly the forces governing hearing (śrotra)

Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-fragment (late Atharvanic style; not a full metrical pāda)

Mantra Rasa

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